LOS ANGELES — Luka Doncic hit his first shot Thursday night, scoring on a running finger roll in the opening minutes of his baptism into the Golden State Warriors–Lakers rivalry.
But there weren’t many highlights for Doncic after that, as he finished with 19 points on 6-for-17 shooting in L.A.’s 123-116 loss to the Warriors.
“That performance from me was unacceptable,” Doncic said after the defeat dropped L.A. to No. 4 in the Western Conference standings with six games remaining in the regular season. “When I play like that, that makes [it] harder [for the team] to win, so just got to figure that out.”
Doncic’s shooting woes extended to the 3-point range, where he went 0-for-6, snapping a 114-game streak of making at least one 3 dating nearly two years to April 7, 2023. It was the fifth longest such streak in NBA history.
